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Solve for a. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
a = _(blank)_

Solve for a. Round your answer to the nearest tenth. a = _(blank)_-example-1
User Chad Lowe
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In the figure, the value of a is 10.3

How to solve for side a

To solve for side a, we use trigonometry as follows

cos x = adjacent / hypotenuse

cos 31 = a / 12

a = 12 * cos 31

a = 10.286

a = 10.3

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